In 2006 rod stopped racing due to domestic reasons he had 7 years off with out racing.In 2013 rods girlfreind Claire asked rod why dont you start racing again and i will help you,they had a good talk and in 2013 rod decided he wanted to bring some new family's into his shed to blend into his.Rod spoke to ad shalakkans on the internet and he recommended a real champion flyer in belguim called Luc Van Mechelen so rod ordered 20 direct off him at great expense he also went for the Lambrechts from J&G Dutton and some good van loons from darren burton they also bought the best herman cuesters from Premier stud and Gary cox ,Also they bought 20 ybs to race from Victor de belser of belguim.Since introducing theses familys rod as never looked back.Rod and Claire started racing young birds that year they won 5 of the 8 young bird races with some real breathtaking results on the way like 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, club 367 birds. In 2014 was another fantastic year but in 2015 there results can only be described as world class in that year they won a massive 120 federation cards in the top 15 up to 5,600 birds which is a new federation record.Another One of there outstanding results that year was 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, East section 2,168 birds with old birds.Rod has raced from may street 11 full years and from them 11 years racing Rod has been federation champion highest prize winner a staggering 5 times and 4 times runner up federation champion highest prize winner,No one in the federation can match this FACT.

RACING FROM A 19FT LOFT.

Rod races from one of the smallest back garden lofts in the federation. Racing 35 mile further than the shortest fliers.